SONY junk status is big news -- they should be VERY careful -- that's the sorta thing that brings a company down if it needs to borrow more $$. Then you get the inevitable tailspin into selling off everything it owns.

Hey V -- check out recent amazon consumer reviews -- lots of folks got a 3ds as gifts for the holidays. Many are pleased with the 3ds! But even those people often comment on the chunky resolution of the screens in 2014. Part of the problem is the XL. It simply stretches the resolution of the non-XL. Average consumers start noticing the resolution at that point.

that the 3DS is selling better outside of Japan for the last 2 years does not spell revenue-generating success either. Nintendo is always tight-lipped about these matters and who can blame them?

1. Many 3ds consumers are expressing disappointment with the blocky grainy resolution. Little kids wont care but every other consumer will care. 2. From day one, very few consumers liked the 3D gimmick. 3. At 200 bucks it is still pricey for what it is.4. Your very typical consumer already has a cellphone AND a tablet.

I suspect nintendo is very worried about the next 2 years. Time will tell!